Comments by a developer inside the Windows Media Player source code

Re:Comments by a developer inside the Windows Media Player s... by leephillips on Saturday September 26, 2020 @10:37PM (#24603766)

Except that pulchritude beats disharmonious for over a hundred years. And even now, it’s half as common as disharmonious, which is a commonplace word. But if you think that a word like “disharmonious” is in any sense rare, then I don’t think I can convince you with data.

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Re:Comments by a developer inside the Windows Media Player s... by lukeschlather on Sunday September 27, 2020 @12:22AM (#24604208)

When compared to "harmony" usage of the other words is basically zero. Harmony is a common word, and it is the root which makes "disharmonious" easy to understand despite its extreme rarity.

Even "disharmony" is far more common than "disharmonious."

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Re:Comments by a developer inside the Windows Media Player s... by zhangeru on Sunday September 27, 2020 @11:47AM (#24607501)

Disharmonious just seems common because it sounds similar to a word we're familiar with. Most times I can recall, a writer would craft a sentence using the word 'disharmony' instead, which is many times more common than either. What led you to pick disharmonious as a comparison point, anyway?

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Re:Comments by a developer inside the Windows Media Player s... by dorkwood on Monday September 28, 2020 @02:02PM (#24619489)

I agree. I think if you're going to use "disharmonious" as your benchmark, you should be comparing it with "pulchritudinous" instead.

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